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Texas Two Step · draw

Thursday, 21 December 2017

ResultTexas Two Step

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 20
  3. 25
  4. 26
  5. 11

Jackpot$275,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules4/35 + 1/35 · Jan 2010 – Feb 2022draw 832 of 1,266 under them

← 2017-12-18All recent draws2017-12-25 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:55 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed8 20 25 26 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Texas Two Step was a 4/35 + 1/35 · Jan 2010 – Feb 2022 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 831 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 50% of every possible ticket.

  • sum64th
  • odd16th
  • low16th
  • widest gap47th
  • neighbours83th
  • spread30th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 95 of each

8108times
2099times
25115times
2691times
Stars · a separate 1-of-35 machine

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Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

1129times

Every number was expected about that many times after 831 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (8, 25, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 31 August 2017 — its closest relative in 831 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 December 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 40% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (3% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

79

The numbers add up to 79 — the 63th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 72. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 31% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 6 draws. A number waits about 9 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

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